Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias

Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Harpercollins
Total Pages: 491
Release: 1991
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780060964771

A look at the last one hundred years of American pop culture includes discussions of pop songs, books, and media

Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0785834370

Relates facts and information about a host of ordinary things ranging from safety pins to negligees.

Sacred Origins of Profound Things

Sacred Origins of Profound Things
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 609
Release: 1996-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1101656077

In this enlightening and entertaining work, Charles Panati explores the origins of hundreds of religious rituals, customs, and practices in many faiths, the reasons for religious holidays and sacred symbols, and the meanings of vestments, sacraments, devotions, and prayers. Its many revelations include: * Why the Star of David became the Jewish counterpart of the Christian cross * What mortal remains of the Buddha are venerated today * How the diamond engagement ring became a standard * That the first pope was a happily married man * How Hindu thinkers arrived at their concept of reincarnation * Why Jews don't eat pork, why some Muslims don't eat certain vegetables, and how some Christians came to observe meatless Fridays Sacred Origins of Profound Things is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the history of religion and the history of ideas--and an inspiring guide to those seeking to understand their faith.

Sexy Origins and Intimate Things

Sexy Origins and Intimate Things
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1998
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780140271447

Where did the word love come from? Has there ever been a gay pope? How did Valentine's Day originate? From the lascivious to the romantic, from the hard-core to the scientific and the scholarly, this engaging and eye-opening compendium of little known facts about sex is both informative and endlessly entertaining.

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects

Human Resource Management in Construction Projects
Author: Martin Loosemore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-12-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113450683X

Although construction is one of the most labour-intensive industries, people management issues are given inadequate attention. Furthermore, the focus of attention with regards to HR has been on the strategic aspects of HRM function - yet most problems and operational issues arise on projects. To help redress these problems, this book takes a broad view of HRM, examining the strategic and operational aspects of managing people within the construction sector. The book is aimed at project managers and students of project management who, until now, have been handed the responsibility for human resource management without adequate knowledge or training. The issues addressed in this book are internationally relevant, and are of fundamental concern to both students and practitioners involved in the management of construction projects. The text draws on the authors' experience of working with a range of large construction companies in improving their HRM operational activities at both strategic and operational levels, and is well illustrated with case studies of projects and organizations.

Media and Nostalgia

Media and Nostalgia
Author: K. Niemeyer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137375884

Media and Nostalgia is an interdisciplinary and international exploration of media and their relation to nostalgia. Each chapter demonstrates how nostalgia has always been a media-related matter, studying also the recent nostalgia boom by analysing, among others, digital photography, television series and home videos.

The Browser's Book of Endings

The Browser's Book of Endings
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1999
Genre: Curiosities and wonders
ISBN:

A witty & comprehensive look at the world's endings.

Panati's Browser's Book of Beginnings

Panati's Browser's Book of Beginnings
Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 427
Release: 1984
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
ISBN: 9780395562383

Describes the origins of more than 1000 objects, ideas, movements, and concepts, including checkers, the computer, ragtime, Islam, ice cream, the abacus, Yiddish, and many other familiar and not-so-familiar things